Is this how you feel today? This giant locust in Playa del Coco is happy to be able to warm up in the morning sun right in the street. There is no traffic at all. That's because the 36-hours of fiesta and all-night fireworks kept a lot of people out late. The whole town seems to be sleeping. A few folks who restrained themselves last night were out early checking on downtown. It was already totally cleaned up at 8 am. Last night it was ankle-deep in party debris. I stayed home except for a brief foray into downtown at 10 pm. Things were just beginnning to get rowdy-streets were jammed with people. Fireworks were going off in the crowd. Nobody seemed to mind. A half kilometre of tailgate parties lined both sides of the street and every fifty feet had a major sound system booming out different music. People sprayed beer all over everyone at New Years apparently. I watched CNN for the top stories of the year. Then had three separate naps during the party the Columbians were having next door. I think the last thing I heard was a drunken version of the Columbian National Anthem then the lights went out and all was quiet. That was at 4:30. I slept until first light at 6 and went out for a look at the beach. Beautiful sunny morning with about 20 people out walking already. No litter-everything was clean and quiet. No loud salsa outbreaks until 10 am when it seems to have started all over again. Have a great New Year's Day and 2011.
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